Bioluminescence imaging of calcium oscillations inside intracellular organelles

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 574, Issue , 2009, Pages 203-214

  Villalobos, Carlos ^a   Alonso, María Teresa ^a   García Sancho, Javier ^a  

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Author keywords

aequorin; anterior pituitary; Bioluminescence imaging; calcium oscillations; endoplasmic reticulum; herpes simplex virus; mitochondria; nucleus; pancreatic islets of Langerhans; cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934444695     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-321-3_17     Document Type: Article

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